The Virginia High School League’s executive committee will meet Thursday, but its agenda is totally dependent on one person – Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam.

After months of fighting between the Major League Baseball owners and the players’ union, the recent closings of spring training sights because players and personnel were diagnosed with the coronavirus seem to end any question about an abbreviated 2020 season.

Given the social distancing restrictions, it looks like football and field hockey will need to wait for competition until Phase III of Governor Ralph Northam’s reopening plan is completed or possibly longer.

The VHSL has talked through several scenarios and received feedback on each, including the possibility of not having fall sports. But nothing is set in stone because there still isn’t enough information to move forward.

VHSL Executive Director Billy Haun said Monday that while there have been discussions about what could happen this fall, it’s too early to determine anything.

VHSL director of communications Mike McCall said the league will follow guidelines from the Center for Disease Control and Gov. Northam’s directives and then mesh that with the recommendations from the National Federation of High School Associations.

High school coaches and athletes have been wondering if there will be a fall sports season? While there isn’t a definitive answer to that question, the VHSL did announce it is developing plans for the reopening of fall sports and activities.

Despite Gov. Ralph Northam starting Phase 1 of Virginia’s reopening plan, the VHSL has canceled all out-of-season practices and summer activities.

While there were many big stories during the 2019-2020 high school sports season, nothing impacted the schools, districts, region and state in the same way coronavirus did.